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Noun: tremor  tre-mu(r)
  1. An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
    - shudder
     
  2. A small earthquake
    - earth tremor, microseism
     
  3. Shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)
Verb: tremor  tre-mu(r)
  1. Shake with seismic vibrations
    "The earth was tremoring";
    - quake

Derived forms: tremored, tremoring, tremors

Type of: agitate, earthquake, palpitation, quake, quiver, quivering, seism, shake, shakiness, shaking, temblor, trembling, vibration

Part of: paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, shaking palsy

Encyclopedia: Tremor